IPL Auction 2018: Delhi Daredevils spend Rs 34.7 Cr on Day 1 & here is full list of players

Besides Maxwell, DD retained star South African pacer Kagiso Rabada via the RTM option

By: Karan Nanda |
January 27, 2018 7:15 pm

Delhi Daredevils (DD) spent over Rs 34 crore on Day 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction held in Bengaluru on January 27 to buy 15 players for the 11^th season for the cash-rich IPL tournament. They went into the auction with about Rs 47 crore in their purse.

DD went big to buy Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to snap him from up for whopping Rs 9 crore. Former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir also bought by DD for Rs 2.8 crore.

Thanks @kkr for all d support. Will miss Kolkata and Eden. Now, time to try and turn it around for @DelhiDaredevils @IPL. Happy to be back… pic.twitter.com/Wx53ilU9ka

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) January 27, 2018

Besides Maxwell, DD retained star South African pacer Kagiso Rabada via the RTM option. Delhi also bought Indian pacer Mohammed Shami for Rs 3 crore.

Here’s the list:

Glenn Maxwell – All-Rounder Rs 9,00,00,000

Kagiso Rabada Bowler Rs 4,20,00,000

Amit Mishra- Bowler – Rs 4,00,00,000

Vijay Shankar – All-Rounder- Rs 3,20,00,000

Rahul Tewatia – All-Rounder – Rs 3,00,00,000

Mohammad Shami – Bowler – Rs 3,00,00,000

Gautam Gambhir – Batsman Rs 2,80,00,000

Colin Munro – All-Rounder Rs 1,90,00,000

Jason Roy – Batsman – Rs 1,50,00,000

Prithvi Shaw – Batsman Rs 1,20,00,000

Avesh Khan – Bowler – Rs 70,00,000

Harshal Patel – All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000

Earlier, DD retained Chris Morris, Rishab Pant and Shreyas Iyer.